1. Rise of Organized Labor (1877 – 1910)

2. The Changing American Labor Force

3. Child Labor

4. Child Labor

5. “Galley Labor”

6. Labor Unrest:

7. The Corporate “Bully-Boys”: Pinkerton Agents

8. Management vs. Labor “Tools” of Management “Tools” of Labor “scabs”
P. R. campaign
Pinkertons
lockout
blacklisting
yellow-dog contracts
court injunctions
open shop
boycotts
sympathy demonstrations
informational picketing
closed shops
organized strikes
“wildcat” strikes

9. A Striker Confronts a SCAB!

10. “An injury to one is the concern of all!”
Knights of Labor
Terence V. Powderly
“An injury to one is the concern of all!”

11. Knights of Labor trade card

12. Goals of the Knights of Labor
8 hour workday
Cooperatives (Co-Ops)
Abolition of child / prison labor
Increased circulation of greenbacks
Equal pay for men & women
Safety Codes
Limit/prohibit foreign labor.
Abolition of National Bank.

13. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

14. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877

15. The Tournament of Today: A Set-to Between Labor and Monopoly

16. Anarchists Meet on the Lake Front in 1886

17. McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.
Haymarket Riot (1886)
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

18. Haymarket Martyrs

19. The American Federation of Labor: 1886
Samuel Gompers

20. How the AF of L Helps Workers
Skilled Workers
Lobbied govt. for rights & protection
Maintain national strike fund!
Mediate disputes among smaller craft unions
Mediate disputes between management/labor
Pushed for closed shops

21. Homestead Steel Strike (1892)
Homestead Steel Works
The Amalgamated Association of Iron & Steel Workers

22. Big Corporate Profits!

23. A “Company Town”:
Pullman, IL

24. Pullman Cars
A Pullman porter

25. The Pullman Strike of 1894

26. President Grover Cleveland
“If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered!”

27. Government by injunction!
The Pullman Strike of 1894
Government by injunction!

28. The Socialists
Eugene V. Debs

29. Mother Jones: “The Miner’s Angel”
Mary Harris.
Organizer for the United Mine Workers.
Founded the Social Democratic Party in 1898.
One of the founding members of the I. W. W. in 1905.

30. International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”)

31. Violence was justified to overthrow capitalism.
“Big Bill” Haywood of the IWW
Violence was justified to overthrow capitalism.

32. I W W & the Internationale

33. The Hand That Will Rule the World One Big Union

34. Lawrence, MA Strike: 1912

35. The “Bread & Roses” Strike
DEMANDS:
15¢/hr. wage increase.
Double pay for overtime.
No discrimination against strikers.
An end to “speed-up” on the assembly line.
An end to discrimination against foreign immigrant workers.

36. Lawrence, MA Strike: 1912

37. The “Formula”
Unions + Violence + Strikes + Socialists + Immigrants = ANARCHY!!!!

38. Labor Union Membership
However, Union workers made up only 5% of workforce

39. Workers Benefits Today

40. The Rise & Decline of Organized Labor

41. Right-to-Work States Today